Wire handle



Aug. 23, w. BI WIRE HANDLE Filed Feb. 10. 192

' Qwvunfoc Patented Au 23, 1927. i

This invention relates to wire hanclles for kitchen and other utensils and methods'of making the same. 7

'uui'rnn STA TES NTO'FFICE.

WALTER Barron WILLS, or BALiIMORE'MABYLAND.

IRE mama Application filed many in, 1526/ ,fseir ial 1a; 87,255.

such purposesproduction in quantity isjsthe, ha flle by 'suchclip.

sential to economy and consequently such I handles are formed on what are known as i-ng the comp'letely formed sl'eev'e'. automatic wire forming macl'iines. Standard automatic wire forming machines a re 'the line 6,6 of I*im e 5 1 not designed to form lengths of wire greater than twenty-four inches. The result is that trated there is shown a two the manufacture'of a handle using a greaterlength of wire cannot be accomplished on such a machine but several operations are part being termed the handle necessary involving the use of two or more grip section. machines or of considerable hand work. It is true that a special machine might be devised for such greater lengths but t larger machines are necessarily slow of 20 operation and expensive of construction while having but a limited use on such greatextended upwardly as at 11.

A second ob I used juin forming the connecting fsleeveforfthejtwo'p'arts of the handle.

p U h r y p v I Figure visfan enlarged detail v ew show- I the manufacture of wire handles for the first step in joining to two parts of i V Figure 5 is a somewhat similar view show- Figure 6 is a greatly enlarged section on ff In the form of the inventionhere part wire "liandle, one part being preferably called the utensil supporting section and the other proper or hand The utensil supportingsectionconsists of a single length of stoutwire which is bent hese to provide a utensil encircling band 10, this band being shaped to conform to the utensil and having its ends brought together and From the upper ends of the parts 11 extend lateral arms To connect these portions having sides 18.

not more than twenty-four One important object of the present in- 12 which terminatepreferably in end faces vention is, therefore, to provide a novel conlying in the same vertical pl struction of Wire handle of this class which can be made from a plurality of lengths of wirenone of which is of greater length than twenty-four inches and each of which may be-made on a standard wire forming maane; The portions 11 and 12 are arranged side by side and in contact throughout their extent.

The hand grip section also consists of a single length of wire bent intermediate its ends to provide a U-shaped grip 13'the legs of which converge as at 14 and terminate in ject of the invention is to proparallel contacting portions vide a simple and economical means for minal faces lying in the same connecting the parts of such a handle and to utilize for such connecting means the vided a substantially U-shap sleeve which is commonly employed in hana base 16 provided With a dles of the type formed by two wires laid side by side without twisting.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of-certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described. illustrated in the accompanying drawings andspecifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a form of ham than twenty-four inches of dle and utensil supporting ring as constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 8 is an enlarged perspective view without soldering, brazing 15 having tervertical plane. there is pro-' ed clip having longitudinally extending inwardly struck rib 17 and also In assembling the portions 12 and 15 are brought into alinementwith their ends abutting and the sides 18 are then bent around the portions 12 and 15 as best seen in Figure 6. Finally a series of staggered punchings are made in the bent side portions as at 19 and it is important that these punchings should be staggered to keep the two sides formed by the wires from spread- .ing apart. Thus a handle requiring more wire can be inches of such wire, the two sections being firmly united or the like.

easily made from two sections each using 'Moreover, it will be seen that the clip or sleeve here used is practically the same as that ordinarily used for holding the contacting parts of handles formed from one piece of wire from spreading.

There has thus been provided a simple wire handle for utensils and an improved method of manufacturing the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. The method of assembling a two piece wire utensil consisting in forming a supporting section with parallelterminal portions having their end surfaces lying in the same transverse plane, forming a handle section with parallel terminal portions having their end surfaces lying in the same trans verse plane, juxtaposing said plane surfaces in abutting relation and alining the terminal .ortions of the su ortin section with the terminal portions of the handle section, wrapping a clip sheet around said abutting terminal portions and indenting having their end surfaces lying in a transverse plane common to both, the end surfaces of the terminal portions of the support abutting with the end surfaces of the terminals of the handle and abutting; each other the terminals of the support being alined with the terminals of the handle, a clip sheet disposed around all of said terminal portions and in close contact therewith and bridging all of said abutting surfaces; said clip having indentations which frictionally engage all of said terminal portions. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. I

WALTER BRUCE WILLS. 

